But of all these things the tenant under the green tent saw nothing, or, at least, made no sign of recognition.
His eyes were fixed and dreamy.

The going of the man, like that of the animal, was as one being led.
For two hours the dromedary swung forward, keeping the trot steadily and the line due east.

In that time the traveller never changed his position, nor looked to the right or left.

On the desert, distance is not measured by miles or leagues, but by the saat, or hour, and the manzil, or halt: three and a half leagues fill the former, fifteen or twenty-five the latter; but they are the rates for the common camel.

A carrier of the genuine Syrian stock can make three leagues easily.